Work-related fatigue is a multidimensional phenomenon with significant effects on
operational performance. Our work focuses on how the literature of operational research …

Population ageing is acknowledged as a global trend affecting the manufacturing workforce.
The progressive age-related decline of human capabilities may lead to an increase in …

Dual resource constrained flexible job shop scheduling problem (DRCFJSP) becomes a hot
research topic in recent years. However, worker fatigue is barely considered in DRCFJSP …

Abstract Since the 1970s, Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) methods have received a great
interest for the quantification of the Human Error Probability (HEP) in Nuclear Power Plants …

Existing researches on the reliability assessment of phased-mission systems (PMSs) focus
mainly on the phase dependencies of the machine state. However, with regard to the man …

Purpose: Human factors play an inevitable role in maintenance activities, and the
occurrence of Human Errors (HEs) affects system reliability and safety, equipment …

Human error in manual assembly systems affects system reliability, safety and it is one of the
most important causes of quality defects. Many researchers have developed methods for …

Many man-machine systems experience machine degradation and human errors, which
may be mutually dependent and have detrimental effects on system reliability. On the one …

Human-Robot Collaboration, whereby human worker and robot perform tasks jointly, is
becoming the new frontier in industry production. Unlike robots, continuous work leads to an …

The ageing of working population is the byproduct of the global recognized trend of the
general population ageing. The decline of elder human operators' capabilities is a main …